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Bee in Her Bonnet   a bee in her bonnet.jpg (106155 bytes)

  To be upset.  She had a bee in her bonnet when she found out that she couldn't figure out how to get her Ipod to work.

 

 

 

  Big Apple

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New York City is called the Big Apple.  I went to the Big Apple to see all the tall buildings.

 

 

 

 

  Cry me a River

 You can complain all you want, I don't care!  When Johnny got upset with his mother because she wouldn't let him go to the movie, his mother said, "Cry me a river!"

 

Icing on the Cake

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